Naomi Milgrom is the Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the Sportsgirl/Sussan Group, Australia’s largest privately held women’s fashion retailer with more than 500 stores and 4000 employees. She has built a reputation for mentoring women into leadership roles and has pioneered a unique working culture including championing flexible work practices.

Naomi has featured in Forbes Magazine’s ‘Asia’s Power Businesswomen’; The Australian newspaper’s ‘Top 10 Most Powerful Women in Business’ and The Australian Financial Review’s ‘True Leaders’.

In addition to her business activities, Naomi is deeply involved in a range of philanthropic projects in areas such as entrepreneurship, contemporary art, music, dance, fashion, culture, science, education, women’s health, the Jewish community and public service as a patron and in advisory and non-executive positions. She has been Chair of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Chair of the Melbourne Fashion Festival, Director of the Magellan Financial Group and a board member of the Howard Florey Institute.

In 2010, Naomi’s significant contributions to the community were recognised when she was awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia “for service to business as a leader and mentor in the fashion industry and to the community through advisory and management roles of a wide range of arts, health and philanthropic bodies.”

Naomi is a former board member of the Melbourne Business School and serves on the Advisory Committee of Melbourne University’s Centre for Ethical Leadership. Recently she was appointed Commissioner for the Australian representation at the 57th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale 2017.